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Scottish minister opens glass processing plant
OLD BEER and wine bottles could soon be filtering Scotland’s drinking water. Environment secretary Richard
Lochhead opened the Dryden Aqua plant inMidlothian last week which is said to have the capacity to process a quarter of Scotland’s recycled glass. The £5m plant in Bonnyrigg
uses recycled glass to create a water filtration system that is reported to be capable of targeting and removing waterborne parasites and pollutants. According to Dryden Aqua, its
system can be used to filter drinking water, treat industrial waste water and be used in swimming pool filtration with the potential to generate significant savings for the water industry. The minister said: “This is a
revolutionary system from Dryden Aqua which exemplifies the technological and environmental expertise that Scotland is famous for. It is also a major investment in Scotland’s green credentials and places us at the forefront of the move towards a zero waste nation. “This is a great example
of upcycling where we create something of higher value than the original substance.
Cory unveils first AD plant
CORY ENVIRONMENTAL has opened its first anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Weston-super-Mare. With the capacity to handle
12,000 tonnes of food waste a year, it forms part of a seven-year waste treatment contract with North Somerset Council. Cory’s Alistair Holl said: “Initially,
we’ll be producing enough energy to power 1,000 homes and will soon be working towards the second development phase of the development, which will see an upgrade of the plant to a minimum of 1MW.” The technology includes
Landia’s GasMix system. Comprising three 18.5kW
chopper pumps and a self- aspirating system that reportedly reduces solids to produce more methane in a much shorter time period, Landia’s GasMix is said to have no mechanical equipment inside the digester. The system is also said to offer energy savings as it only has to run for a maximum of 30% of the installed capacity.
“This technology can be used
in developing countries to ensure cleaner, healthier water for all, showcasing the global reach and importance of Scottish innovation, which is a key element of the Hydro Nation agenda.” Dryden Aqua is a family firm
established in 1980 by Dr Howard Dryden along with his sister Marylyn Wakefield. Dr Dryden said
that Dryden Aqua’s Active Filter Media (AFM) was designed as a solution for the aquaculture sector. “After over 10 years of R&D, AFM is now recognised as a high performing and sustainable replacement for sand in filtration systems and means that we can help to deliver safe drinking water and clean up waste and process water here in Scotland and across the globe,” he added.
Industry opinion Close scrap vehicle
law ‘loopholes’ Keith Freegard of Axion Polymers explains how tougher legislation could encourage greater use of recycled plastics back into new vehicles.
FRUSTRATION IS mounting over the UK’s poor legislative controls on scrap vehicles that are allowing an estimated 500,000 of the 1.7 million cars taken off UK roads each year to go unrecorded. Currently, anyone handing in an end-of-life vehicle for scrapping
is issued with a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) from an authorised treatment facility (ATF) to prove its legal and environmentally-compliant disposal. Yet it is thought around a third of all cars reported to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency as being scrapped do not have CoDs. Administrative ‘loopholes’ in the End of Life Vehicles Regulations
mean that gaining accurate information on how many vehicles are being processed properly is difficult. Knowing the exact figures is vital. A lack of precise data on exactly how many vehicles are going to
de-pollution centres and, equally, how many are left on our roads - could potentially threaten the UK delivering the EU’s 95%ELV recycling and recovery target by January 2015. Other poor controls relate to the fact that there is a ‘sold into trade’
category on deregistration forms submitted to the DVLA over which they seem to maintain very little scrutiny. This could form something of a black hole for vehicles ultimately
being scrapped without a CoD being issued. Illegal export too contributes to the number of vehicles without an
audit trail; the salvage industry complains that the Environment Agency is not properly monitoring the operation of the Waste Vehicle Shipments Guidelines. All in all, the industry view is that some 500,000 ELVs are being scrapped each year without a CoD. ‘Disappearing vehicles’ have many implications; inaccurate national
register, with opportunities for criminal activity, under-reporting of the UK’s annual ELV recovery performance to the Commission, loss of ELV material from the EU, and undermining of compliant UK businesses. Axion works closely with
CarTakeBack.com, the UK’s largest scrap car
recycling network, at our end of life vehicle recycling facility - shredder waste advanced processing pant (SWAPP) - in Trafford Park,Manchester, which already exceeds the 95%EU target. Non-metallic materials are separated from around 600,000 cars a year to produce recycled plastics that go back into new products, including automotive components. With our booming car industry gobbling up resources, more attention
should be given to true responsibility for those materials at end of life, through recovery via efficient technologies, which deliver the 2015 recycling target and promote the flow of circular materials. The next challenge is introducing stronger drivers to link
manufacturers’ responsibility to what happens to their end of life vehicles, particularly in terms of incentives to promote the use of recycled plastics back into new cars.
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Recolight launches luminaire service
RECOLIGHT, THE WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has launched a combined WEEE compliance service for lamps and luminaires (complete lighting units). “Recolight are expanding their
compliance offering to reflect the changing market and to increase the national collection rate for luminaires,” said a spokesperson. “As lamp and luminaire
technologies are converging, luminaires incorporating integrated LED light sources are becoming more commonplace, driving a need for a more integrated approach to waste lamp and luminaire collection. “This is even more imperative
given that the draft UK WEEE Regulations place luminaires with an integrated LED light source in the same category as lamps,” added the company representative. Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, stated: “Building on our success
in the collection of waste lamps, which now show a collection rate of 39.5%, we will put in place strategies to increase the national recycling rate of separately collected luminaires from its current level of 1%, which is far too low.” “The integration of lamp and
luminaire collections is becoming vital. “The supply of new LED
luminaires will very frequently result in the need to collect waste luminaires and waste lamps. That service can give our members an important competitive advantage,” continued Harvey. Recolight said it now offers total
WEEE compliance for all producers of lighting products. This includes national on-site free
of charge collection of waste lamps and waste luminaires for members’ customers, subject to eligibility.
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